Sunny yawns, stretches and blinks. Then her eyes open wide and she bounces out of bed and scampers over to the window to lean out and look around.
Seeing that things have calmed down some brings a smile to her face. Throwing her shirt over her head/shoulders she scampers down stairs to first, to see how every one she met last night has gotten on.
With a jaunty wave to Daven she then she skips out and looks to chat to the folks who are seeming to be dealing with things.
"Hey-YA there!" (^_^)
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Meg uses her healing hex on the corpses. If they are living, they get better. If they are undead, the powerful positive energy damages and destroys them.
Meg heals anyone injured she finds.
Meg also uses her healing hex to smoke out any 'hidden' zombies in the town. When Meg touches an undead person, rather than feeling an infusion of healing energy, they are damaged significantly.
The men tidying up thank Meg for her help, and explain that the majority of the zombies just simply stopped moving at dawn. They froze, and then all fell over in mass. Only a dozen or two still moved, and they were especially sluggish. The men were able to corral them with relative ease. The innkeeper and his wife give you breakfast for free, and thank you profusely for your assistance.
Sunny frowns at this tale and, though she thanks and enjoys the morning meal, she is soon wandering about town asking peoples questions about the previous evenings events.
Sunny's investigation turns up several interesting facts.
First of all, the zombies were older and decayed, as if risen from the grave. Strangely however, the local graveyard could not handle such a large number of zombies.
Very little damage was done to the town.
Eleven people were killed in total, though thankfully none of them were children. In fact, one boy reports that while he was hiding quietly, the zombies walked by him as if he was not there.
Lastly Sunny's investigation turns up one more interesting fact. Several people report that yesterday a colorful wagon train pulled up outside of town and stayed for several hours. They circled their wagons, stayed for a few hours, and then left shortly before dark. It did not seem important until now, but obviously it is an interesting coincidence now.
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Lastly Sunny's investigation turns up one more interesting fact. Several people report that yesterday a colorful wagon train pulled up outside of town and stayed for several hours. They circled their wagons, stayed for a few hours, and then left shortly before dark. It did not seem important until now, but obviously it is an interesting coincidence now.
Hmm...Seems the circus has come to town, I wonder if they are the same carnies we encountered back at home
Sunny's large, blue eyes grow even a little more wider.
"OOooo! Ye be thinkin' maybe them's also goin' our way? Jus' we was in a hurry an' maybe they is now kind'a followin' us?" She asks.
"Maybe we should be hurryin' along an' warnin' t'other towns ahead about them folks whut seems ta' be all nasty, like?' She suggests.
The group prepares to leave, with the discovery that the caravan they are pursuing may be leaving chaos in it's wake.
You all are about three days out, with a town at the end of each day's travel.
The party sets out, and fairs well on their travels to the next city. Along the way, they see no other signs of the chaos that was evidenced behind them. The weather is fine, and they make good time. You all realize that you are traveling at a faster rate than the carnival wagons ahead of you, but you haven't quite caught up yet.
The party, after traveling for several hours, comes across a broken wagon. Not a farmer's wagon as before, but rather a garishly painted monster that is obviously from the wagon train you've been following. One of the wheels is obviously broken. You can tell that it was abandoned, because there is a perfectly good replacement wheel sticking out of the back.
Sunny wriggles around on her horse seat. and looks to her friends.
"Here.. ye think we can be gettin' it fixed, like?" She asks seeming more out of curiosity than much else.
The wagon is indeed abandoned, and it seems it's owners left in a hurry. It isn't even emptied, but rather appears to have had some of it's contents emptied, and most left behind. Broken crates cover the floor of the wagon, and items are strewn about the interior.
Sunny looks about the forlorn item inquisitively.
The party, checking thoroughly, find no traps.
Inside the wagon they do find the following:
6 Longswords
6 Short Swords
323 Gold Pieces
3 unidentified potions
53 days of trail rations
and boxes and boxes of various trade goods
Lastly, group finds lots of footprints, as if parts of the wagon were removed in a hurry.
"Some one made a mess..." Suny opines as she peers at the floor prints scattered all about the place. Leaving the insides of the wagon for a moment Suny looks to see how the wheel might be put back on....
The group takes a bit of the remaining goods, and heads on.
The group sets back on their quest, only a few hours from the next town. You all make great time, and arrive at the next city, the last city before the Capitol, shortly before dusk.
Sunny nods and gladly/happily dismounts and begins helping folks set up camp for the night.